well as other journalists in the area, one telling cnn that they had heard from 10 to 20 shots and little explosions going on. then a witness also said shortly after what they had heard was people screaming, and as you were noting earlier, they came on the p.a. system and said everyone needed to get out. so, this witness saying 10 to 20 shots that they had heard, that he or she had heard after the movie had begun, or during that process of them moving into the movie theater. so, as they go through and meet and try to get information from all of these witnesses that are in the area and police officers, as they've moved in their units, you can see in the live pictures, that's what we'll see develop in the coming hours as the sun begins to rise not too long from here. so willie, that's the latest we're seeing right now, the information. they're saying, as we heard from the reports, they don't have a lot of information. they're trying to get the most they can as they move forward. their big concern, as you noted, was getting the injured to the hospitals, those area hospitals. and just

for starting your morning with us. we have much more ahead on cnn "sunday morning" which starts right now. >>> if you're just waking up this morning, let's catch you up on what's happening here in aurora, colorado. overnight, we found out that police interviewed an associate of suspected gunman james holmes. a spokeswoman says the person is not a suspect, and there's no reason to believe that he was involved. also, police now say that they've removed all the booby traps from james holmes' apartment and performed a controlled detonation of some of the explosives. others were burned. many residents who were evacuated were allowed to return home. >>> police say the evidence shows holmes may have been planning the attack for months. and he wanted to kill or hurt anyone looking for information about him in the aftermath of the attack. we now know the names of all 12 people killed in the tragic shooting. many were under 30 years old. the youngest victim just 6. police say the theater where the shooting took place will remain closed until at least wednesday. that gives them time to com

there. >> reporter: tom fuentes is a cnn consultant who spent decades at the fbi. >> it was very methodically planned and he was meticulous in the gear he assembled and the equipment and the fire power and the ammunition and weapons. >> reporter: he only had one thing in mind. >> to actually kill as many people as he could possibly kill in one shooting spree inside that theater. >> reporter: and all of it, every gun, every round of ammunition, the protective gear, all perfectly legal. >> you have nothing that would have come up in his background. you could hire a hundred detectives to do his background and not find one reason to deny him the ability to buy a lawful firearm. >> reporter: not only did he buy the weapons legally, but over the internet with a few strokes of a keyboard he also bought thousands of rounds of ammunition and so-called after-market extras, extra magazines to hold all of the bullets, as well as his protective gear. when the day broke after the horrific killing spree, law enforcement returned to the apartment on paris street. we have all seen the pictures by

mission to keep shooting people. the patrons in there. >> tom fuentes is a cnn consultant who spent decades at the fbi. >> he was meticulous in the gear he assembled and the equipment and the firepower. >> he only had one thing in mind. >> to actually kill as many people as he could possibly kill in one shooting spree inside that theater. >> all of it, every gun and every round of ammunition, the protective gear perfectly legal. >> you have nothing that would have come up in his background. you could hire 100 detectives and not find a reason to deny him the ability. >> this is your glock 22. >> he bought the weapons legally and on the internet, he bought thousands of rounds of ammunition and aftermarket extras. extra magazines to hold all the bullets as well as protective gear. when the day broke after the horrific killing spree, law enforcement returned to the apartment. we have all seen the pictures by now. the police poked the windows and finally breaking them ending in a robot camera. >> i have never seen anything like what the pictures show us is in there. >> it took 36 hours t

interviewed by the police. we want to get tom fuentes, former assistant director and cnn contributor as well to talk about what the fbi will be doing in this case. tom, thanks for being with us. fill me in quickly after this happened, the fbi was brought in to start helping out. why the fbi in this case? >> good morning, soledad, mainly the first interest is going to be is this a single person by himself or is he a member of some terrorist organization. such as neo-nazi group or some other anti-government group. that's the first thing you try to rule out, if there are any other individuals involved with him or maybe he's a member of a group that somebody else will go out and start the same type of thing somewhere else. that's number one. secondly, a police department of aurora or any other police department is going to need all the help they can get in terms of the interviewing of so many witnesses, victims, victim's families and plus the investigation into the individual, does he have have a military background? where else does he live? interview his neighbors and colleagues and associ

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here on cnn. we will focus not on the events of that horrific theater shooting or the man who killed 12 people in cold blood. instead you will see everything we know about the people forever affected by this unspeakable tragedy. those who saw what happened. those who were shot, but survived. those people who lived in the same building as the suspect, james holmes. that was james holmes's apartment today. that small explosion was set off by police and the fbi after they found out the front door was rigged to blow up in the face of whoever opened it. the people who lived in that area and building had been out all day yesterday and all day today. they don't have a place to stay. we will hear from them in a moment. i want to show you live pictures right here. not far from where i am standing, people are gathering for a second night outside the movie theater where 70 people were killed or wounded in one shooting rampage. the people of aurora, colorado are mourning today. over my shoulder at the theater where it happened, there were police officers just on the scene moments ago remo

aurora, authorities say the gunman entered through a fire exit. former fbi assistant director and cnn contributor tom 15 tofu. >> you're not talking about someone who brought weapons in through the front of the theater, the ticket-taker entrance. >> reporter: individual chains declined to discuss specific security measures. their umbrella group, the national association of theater owners, said in a statement members are working closely with local law enforcement agencies and reviewing security procedures. the national association of theater owners says it doesn't have a number of how many theaters in the u.s. use metal detectors. one immediate change in security, though, here at amc theaters is that movie-goers will not be allowed in the theater wearing costumes or masks. mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> we'll have much more from aurora. let's go to our headquarters back in atlanta where jennifer westhoven has a look at other stories making headlines. good morning again. >> good morning, thank you. >>> when we come back, we'll look at how norway is memorializing its own victims a year af

, and not able to go back to your home and not knowing when the possibility of an explanation. cnn's poppy harlow spoke to people who live there and here is her story. >> it's frightening. we don't know when we can go home. they say it could be tonight or another couple of days. >> reporter: forced to evacuate following friday's horrific mass theater shooting, paul mcqueen is shaken. his children terrified. their apartment building right next to the suspected shooters. for those who live here, forced to leave their home, it has been a day bull of angst and questions. first and foremost is we need to render the area safe. the most immediate threat is the trip wire. >> reporter: two hours later, progress. >> we have been successful in defeating the first threat, which includes defeating the trip wire and the first insinary device. >> reporter: but also this. >> this trip wire was set up to clearly detonate when someone entered that apartment and it was set up to kill that person. >> reporter: kaitlin fonzy says she lives in the apartment below the suspected shooter. she heard loud tech

been sent by cnn to a shooting almost exactly like this. the shooting at virginia tech, the shooting in arizona of congresswoman gabby giffords. young men, college age, going to college, secretly plotting and planning and carrying out these massacres. and right now we just don't have any answers as to why it happened. fare? >> drew, thank you very much. drew brings up a good point. it's so depressing seeing these things repeat themselves over and over and over again. let's remember the victims, the 12 people who lost their lives and 58 others wounded. nick valencia has some new information. a fourth victim has been identified. nick? >> yes, gary, that's right. this morning new information into the cnn newsroom. this attributed to the dayton daily news. we're finding out the names of one of the 12 that perish said at the guns of james holmes. matt mcquinn was killed, one of the 12 killed there on early friday morning in aurora, co co. his family, like many others of the victims, agonized for hours to find out that he was dead. he died while covering his girlfriend, gary, while shieldi

aurora, colorado, once again tomorrow morning on "cnn sunday morning." thanks for watching. cnn newsroom continues now. >> all right. thanks so much. great reporting there. of course, the rest of our team still in place there in aurora. we'll be checking in with a number of our colleagues there. hello, everyone. so right now let's bring you up to speed on all that's taking place. live images right now. bomb squads in colorado are surrounding that booby trapped apartment belonging to the suspect in that deadly shooting rampage at the movie theater in aurora. a live report from the scene is it just moments away. ground images now as well as they continue to put up tape around that cordoned off area. police are revealing more disturbing details about the attack in and of itself. and suspected gunman james holmes. people who knew him are also speaking out now and a new photo posted on a sex website may be that of hole am with red hair there. we'll tell you how that could impact this investigation. the community gathers in prayer to remember the 12 lives lost in the tragedy and 38 in all inju

us updated on the victims. >>> we're going to continue following breaking news here on cnn, for the latest developments, watch us live or you can go straight to cnn.com. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. i tell mike what i can spend. i do my best to make that work. we're driving safely. and sue saved money on brakes. now that's personal pricing. >>> once again we welcome back our viewers across the world as we follow the breaking news here on cnns. here's what we know about that deadly shooting at the movie theater in aurora, colorado. the man identified as the suspect, 24 years old, white male, police say he was wearing a gas mask and a bullet-proof vest. susan candiotti joining us live from new york. susan, this is changing by the second, i understand you have new information with regard

mission to keep shooting people. to keep shooting the patrons in there. >> tom quintice is a cnn consultant who spent decades with the f.b.i. >> it was methodically planned and he was very meticulous in the gear that he purchased. >> reporter: he only had one thing in mind. >> to actually kill as many people as he could possibly kill in one shooting spree inside that theater. >> reporter: and all of it, every gun, every round of ammunition, the protective gear, all perfectly legal. >> you have nothing that would have come up in his background. you could hire a hundred detectives and not find one reason to deny him the ability to buy a lawful firearm. >> reporter: not only did he buy the weapons legally but over the internet with a few strokes of a keyboard, he bought thousands of rounds of ammunition and aftermarket extras to hold all of the magazines as well as his protective gear. when the day broke, law enforcement returned to the apartment on paris street. we've all seen the pictures by now. a policeman poking the written d windows, finally breaking them and sending in a robo

that apartment. let's get the very latest right now starting with cnn's ed lavandera. he's over at the movie theater where all of this unfolded. what is the very latest, ed? >> reporter: wolf, we've just confirmed with a law enforcement source as to where these four guns were purchased. we've been told by this law enforcement source that all four guns were purchased legally within the last six months. two of the guns were purchased at a bass pro shop in the city of denver. one of the guns was purchased at a mountain gander gun store here in the town of aurora. another was purchased at a gander mountain in thornton, colorado, as well. again, law enforcement source saying those guns were purchased legally within the last six months. we're also told by that law enforcement source that they had found a drum magazine that was connected to the ar-15 rifle. this would have given james holmes the ability to shoot about 100 rounds with that magazine. and the source saying obviously that gave him much more capability to fire off many many rounds once inside that theater. and, wolf, what we've le

and i'll give you a challenge. i would like to see cnn come out with a policy that said moving forward, we're not going to talk about the gunman. what we're going to say is a coward walked into a movie theater and started shooting people. he's apprehended, the coward's in jail, he will never see the light of day again, let's move on to the victims. never talk to him again. and i'll tell you the analysis i'll give or analogy. i'm not great with words right now. not been my best week. if you think about it, you used to see people jump on the fields all the time -- everybody would cover it and everybody would laugh, right. the networks said we're not going to cover that anymore. when was the last time you saw somebody jump on a field? that's a completely different level, right? but there's a lot of reasons. we always say why, but we never know why. we've got enough data, let's start figuring out why. and i'll guarantee one of them is because they want to be on television. they want to be infamous. we can stop it. we can't stop it. we can only get shot. cnn, fox news, the major net

insurance plans endorsed by aarp. don't wait. call now. . >>> i'm rejoined by cnn contributor will cane and bill gross, founder and co-chief investment officer of pimco. we want to pick up where we left off. surprising amount of agreement. this is actually not that surprising. i think everybody in america with maybe a very few xpepgexces understand we need tax reform. we need economic growth. we need to solve the jobs problem. i don't think there is anyone that would like us to go over the fiscal cliff. why is this problem not getting solved? >> you have to give something up. some people are going to give something up. some people could give up mortgage interest deduction. sh could give up some of their retirement benefits. i don't even know what is all on the table to give up. no one wants to give anything up. in a way, it's almost like america is living the me more now bubbler are a. no one wants to pay for what we've already spent. >> well, okay. >> i reject your premise. the fiscal cliff will be avoided. calvin coolage said if you see ten problems coming down the road, odds are if y

headed there from denver. we have a statement obtained by cnn's jim spellman from the fbi it says merely we are involved in working jointly with the aurora police department. we have been talking to the aurora police department this morning, frank fania, public information officer has given us a range of details about the shooter. they have a suspect in custody, described as a young adult male. probably around his early 20s. he was apprehended in the rear of the theater. he had his car there. he was taken near the rear of the parking lot. >> mr. fania, we are hearing details that the suspect's car had tennessee license plates. do you know anything about that? mr. nia, are you still there with us? we just lost him for a moment. this is late information we're getting in. that the suspect had tennessee license plates. so we're trying to confirm that. we know that car was in the rear of the parking lot there. i had asked mr. fania earlier if the suspect had resisted. he said he did not believe so. that he wasn't sure if the police surprised him, but he did not believe that the suspect

that there isn't some sort of planned attack going on right now. >> cnn is now upgrading the description of the shooter when he walked into the theater, this through twitter, two minutes ago, cnn saying, in addition to the bullet-proof vest and goggles, face covering, he was also wearing a riot helmet when he walked in and opened fire on this. some eyewitness accounts coming to us through twitter this morning. one person in the theater said we were watching at a point where a shootout broke out in the movie about 15 minutes in, and that's why the confusion was there as to the dpushts they heard inside. the pops, the cracks, they all thought it was part of the movie. >> we do know children were in the movie theater, however, we don't have it confirmed that any of them have been victims of this shooting. we have heard some were, however, that is not confirmed. we're not telling you that as information that you should take with you, just something that a lot of people are putting out there. but we're giving you confirmed information as it becomes available to us. >> to that conf

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candy color. >> reporter: cnn has been citing a law enforcement source saying when holmes was detained on friday he had red hair and said he was the joker. >> i called police to let them know, yeah, that's where he got the gun. >> reporter: we talked to his hunting buddy in south dakota about the experience, both vividly recalled what the customer looked like. >> when he walked in there at the gander mountain, i mean, he just looked, like his eyes were super wide open kind of looked like silver dollars, do you know what i mean? he was out of it i could tell it looked like and so, you know, i don't know, it's not something a sane person would do. >> reporter: mckee said the man he thinks was holmes didn't say a word as the scope was installed on the gun he was buying. >> the gun he was looking at was an ar-15, it was an assault rifle and i definitely knew -- i had a weird feeling that that guy shouldn't be buying that type of gun, he just had a weird aura about him, i guess, not the type of weapon you go hunting with. it's for home protection and, you know, those type of things. >> repo

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>>> this is cnn breaking news. >> well, i was trying to crawl out, but everybody was crawling back in and they said don't go over there, because he is going to shoot everybody who is trying to get out of the main doors, and he was. >> it was a night of the movies that turned into a day of tragedy and shock and grief. i'm suzanne malveaux in cnn head quarters and we are preempting "k "cnn international" and we new now welcome in our viewers who are watching around the world. you are watching cell phone video capturing the chaos after a man burst into a theater in aurora, colorado, and opened fire. at least 12 people were killed. 38 others wounded. now the theater, it was packed with people attending the premier of a new batman movie "the dark knight rises." the gunman starts this rampage and the police arrest this suspect identified as 24-year-old james holmes in the parking lot. witnesses describes what happens in this terrifying scene. >> he came in and he started lighting a gas can, and he threw it into the crowd. at that point, he shot his first fire into the ceiling to scare ev

with members of the victims' families and the governor and local officials so stay with cnn. president obama expected to make some public comments in a few minutes and we will have that for you live of course on cnn. the president is going to speak not long before a citywide gathering of people here in aurora. they will pray, they will honor the people killed, and they will be together. at the scene where the people of aurora are beginning to gather right now. take us there. what is expected to happen where you are later? >> reporter: well, in about 90 minutes, this prayer vigil will begin. we're already beginning to see people gather in this rather large square. if you look behind me, you can see there are chairs set up and people are standing around this area. there is a stage set up. a podium. what we are expecting to hear today is a community trying to come to grips with what has happened. trying to moveeyond the actual shooting and work on becoming a community of healing. we're expecting to hear from the governor, the mayor, as well as victims. victims' families, people

>>> hello everyone. i'm don lemon. coming to you live from aurora, colorado you're in the cnn newsroom. let's get you up to speed now on what's happening here in aurora. a community still in deep shock today. the mayor of aurora talked to reporters a few minutes ago. he's been meeting with victims of yesterday's horrific movie theater shooting. this is the mayor. >> one of the people i met with this morning at the hospital was somebody who was hit with buckshot in his back, broken rib, punctured lung, broken coar bone. came out his back at the base of his neck. he is doing well right now, believe it or not. that's because he got to the hospital and because the doctors and nurses at the hospital do the best job that they can do. >> now about the apartment where the suspect, james holmes, lived. police say it was definitely booby trapped, rigged with trip wires and some sort of explosive devices. there is still no all clear from the apartment. ed lavendara is there live for us. i'll talk with him in a minute. 12 people died almost 6 o others injured when the masked man sprayed a

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theaters is that moviegoers will not be allowed in the theater wearing costumes or mask. mary snow, cnn, new york. >> thanks for watching. i'm don lemon in aurora, colorado. a live "situation room" with wolf blitzer begins right now. >>> happening now -- police blast into the caused colorado killer's apartment. >> this is some serious stuff that our team is dealing with. >> and discovered devices boopy trapped to kill. plus, stories of heroism among the gunfire, and chilling tales of survival. >> i was just thinking, we've got to get out. >> just a few millimeters in or sent meters in, and i don't think i would have left the theater. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> right now, explosives experts in aurora, colorado, are putting themselves in harm's way. they are trying to make sure the apartment left booby trapped by the suspect in the colorado shootings is finally saved. a few hours ago, we watched as crews carefully placeded a robot in the apartment and then waited for it to set off an e

, cheerios >>> hello everyone. i'm don lemon. coming to you live from aurora, colorado you're in the cnn newsroom. let's get you up to speed now on what's happening here in aurora. a community still in deep shock today. the mayor of aurora talked to reporters a few minutes ago. he's been meeting with victims of yesterday's horrific movie theater shooting. this is the mayor. >> one of the people i met with this morning at the hospital was somebody who was hit with buckshot in his back, broken rib, punctured lung, broken collar bone. came out his back at the base of his neck. he is doing well right now, believe it or not. that's because he got to the hospital and because the doctors and nurses at the hospital do the best job that they can do. >> now about the apartment where the suspect, james holmes, lived. police say it was definitely booby trapped, rigged with trip wires and some sort of explosive devices. there is still no all clear from the apartment. ed

seven names we've been able to confirm here at cnn, micayla medek among the dead. 23 years old. we had an emotional interview this morning with gary tuchman who talked to her aunt. she is described as very spiritual, an independent girl who was great fun. it took her family 19 hours to find out she had died. jessica ghawi our last independently confirmed person on this list of deceased. her brother is being very active on social media. has created the trending hash tag rip jessica. she was first shot in the leg according to witnesses and later took a fatal shot to the head. great story about her that she was an aspiring sports broadcaster, aspiring journalist. we spoke to people that knew her. i tweeted her brother earlier just before coming on and he thanks us for honoring her legacy and remembering her. she would have been a great contribution to our industry and, unfortunately, died that day. ironically enough, fredricka, she also survived a similar incident in toronto, canada last month in a mall shooting there. survived one attack only to die in another. >> gosh, heart breaking. s

carry the president's comments live right here on cnn as well. that's expected around 7:30 p.m. eastern, just under 30 minutes from now. we'll have that live from aurora for you. as i mentioned a few minutes ago, police are revealing a little of what they found in the shooting suspect's apartment. i want to get to ed lavendera now. he is outside. what are police saying now? what did they find in that apartment? >> reporter: explosives that this man put together. after they went through a great deal of effort which took about 36 hours from the moment they went in to james holmes' apartment, they were able to start taking away the evidence and the belongings from what we can tell, they have completely cleared out his apartment. a law enforcement source tells cnn, they removed interestingly enough a batman poster, a batman mask, and his computer. all of that has been taken away from the apartment. and obviously, they're going through that computer, trying to see what kind of evidence they might be able to find. they're hoping that would be a type of clue that would provide a great

details that slowly and slowly are trickling into the cnn newsroom. if you were tuned into the last hour, our pentagon correspondent barbara starr confirming staff sergeant jesse childress of the u.s. air force. if you remember, randi, four servicemen in all shot and wounded early friday morning in the aurora, colorado, movie theater shooting, but we've just confirmed staff sergeant jesse childress of california. he was a member of the air force reserve, active duty. his family telling cnn that they were notified at about 1:00 a.m. this morning of his death. john larimer, petty officer with the u.s. navy, also among the list of deceased that cnn has been able to independently confirm. he's a 27-year-old, was in the u.s. navy for less than a year, and was serving his first post there in colorado. the family notified about his death last night. we spoke to -- i spoke to his father, scott, from crystal lake, illinois. he said "we send our thoughts and prayers out to families of the other victims and those still recovering in the hospital. we love you, john, and we will always miss you.

. they think that's how he amassed the huge amount of ammunition for his attacks. cnn's ed lavendera is just outside the holmes' apartment complex in aurora. and what are the police and the bomb squads doing right now? >> reporter: well, wolf, it's been a very active last few hours here in this neighborhood. that red brick building you see behind me just to the left of that white truck, that is the building where 24-year-old james holmes lived. and that was where the apartment was that was trapped. they've spent a great deal of time. you heard that explosion. that was deliberately set off by the bomb squad here to begin to try to begin the process of dismantling the trip wires and what they call a very sophisticated setup inside that apartment that could have been very deadly. because of that, authorities now say that they feel that the major threats that were inside that apartment have been diffused, and it's not totally safe yet, but they can begin the process of removing all of the explosive materials that were inside holmes' apartment and they're beginning to take that out. but w

>>> from aurora, colorado, this is "cnn saturday morning." good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. >> we are clear that we are going to rise back and lift ourselves above this. >> arora mourns as it tries to come to grips with this mass shooting at a movie theater. we are putting names with faces and learning new information this morning about the victims' identities. >> it is a very vexing problem how to enter that apartment safely. i personally have never seen anything like what the pictures show us. >> and right now, police and the atf are at suspect james holmes' apartment building. we have some live pictures for you now. they're trying to figure out how they're going to get inside and get past those booby traps that they say he set. shock, anger and disbelief as the community tries to make sense of a mass shooting inside a crowded movie theater. it was supposed to be a night of fun. 12 people are dead, 58 others injured. and the cover of today's "denver post" sums up the feeling here -- "our hearts are broken." ♪ how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me ♪ >> hundre

to say. a very sad story. stay with cnn for continuing coverage. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> when he came in, i just thought he was some kind of prop. >> first we thought he was part of the movie. >> he let off a canister of gas and it exploded. he shot up in the air and everybody started to panic. >> there's a gunman and he's shooting everyone. >> came down with his gun in my face. >> we have to get out here. >> 71 people were shot. 12 are deceased. >>> i'm john avlon. erin's on assignment in africa tonight. we're going to take you out to the scene with don lemon in a second but first let's get you up to speed. breaking news in aurora, colorado, in that movie theater shooting massacre that went down less than 24 hours ago. the largest mass shooting ever in the united states. it has shate shaken that commund stunned the country. and the world watches. at this very moment. as they've been all day. officers with the bomb squad wearing tactical gear are surrounding what they're calling the booby trapped apartment of the accused gunman. trying not to blow up themselves

person? why -- i would love to see -- and i'll give you a challenge. i would like to see cnn come out with a policy that said "moving forward, we're not going to talk about the gunman." what we're going to say is he a coward walked into a movie theater and started shooting people. he's apprehended. the coward's in jail. let's move on to the victims. never talk to him again. >> it's also one of those horrible things that even years from now people sometimes remember the name of the killer. >> give me one person who died in tucson besides gabby gifford. there was a girl from 9/11 who died. they made her -- but nobody can remember the name. but you can still remember the face of that coward. because that's the only word i'm going to use on television. >> listen, i appreciate you all being on and talking about alex and helping people to get to know him because i think that's the most important thing, what we're trying to do right now. >> i appreciate it. thanks for your time. >> as we continue to honor the lives of the fallen and showcase some of the people who risked it all to save l